Stan (possibly related to me) posted:

...
> dbdfind (base, myset, mode4, item, dbfind_arg);
>
> *or*
>
> dbdfind (base, myset, mode24, item, dbfind_arg);

and then cleverly forgot to mention the difference between the two!

dbfind mode 4 is more expensive, because it must determine the
number of matching entries and the head/tail pointers
(because people know that value is in the status parameter
which I also appear to have forgotten to include between
mode and item :).

The above should be:

   dbfind (base, myset, mode4, STATUS, item, dbfind_arg)

   *or*

   dbfind (base, myset, mode24, STATUS, item, dbfind_arg)

Mode 24 is quicker, because it doesn't determine the exact
number of matching entries or the exact head/tail pointers.
Instead, a Dallas phone number is returned ...
the value 2147483647 (or $7FFFFFFF).  (Thank Larry Boyd for
that phrase.)

Stan